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ASTRONOMERS TOUT GAMMA-RAY BURSTS AS PROBES INTO EARLY UNIVERSE
WAIMEA, Hawaii (October 22nd, 1999) Gamma-ray bursts and their X-ray and optical afterglows have surpassed quasars as the most distant probes of the early universe, according to new calculations performed by University of Chicago astronomers. Don Lamb Jr., a Professor in Astronomy & Astrophysics at Chicago, will describe the cosmological implications of gamma-ray bursts at […]
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LARGEST EXPLOSIONS IN UNIVERSE MAY COME FROM DEATH OF MASSIVE STARS
WAIMEA, Hawaii (September 29th, 1999) Cosmic gamma-ray bursts, the brightest known explosions in the universe, may come from the fiery deaths of very massive stars in supernova explosions, a team of astronomers said today. In a paper published Wednesday, Sept. 29, 1999, in the international science-journal Nature, an international team led by the California Institute […]
Read More >ASTRONOMERS FIND PLANET ORBITING NEARBY STAR
MAUNA KEA, Hawaii (June 1st, 1998) Two teams of astronomers this week reported that one of the sun’s nearest neighbors—a star just 15 light-years from Earth—possesses a planet 1.6 times as massive as Jupiter. As with other planets recently discovered, this object was not imaged, but betrayed its presence through its gravitational tug on its […]
Read More >PLANET CONSTUCTION ZONE
WASHINGTON, D.C (April 1st, 1998) NASA astronomers using the new Keck II telescope in Hawaii have discovered what appears to be the clearest evidence yet of a budding solar system around a nearby star. At a press conference held in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, scientists released an image of the probable site of planet formation […]
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